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Wallace: 15 Myths about Bible Translations   Featured on Lutherans.com: 01/03/2013
Daniel Wallace provides is an excellent overview of accepted myths about Bible translations. Worth the read Fifteen Myths about Bible Translation...
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Preaching Culture or Christ   Featured on Lutherans.com: 01/02/2013
Whenever I visit my parents in Woodward, I see a grocery store turned into some sort of fellowship church, and right where the sale price of beans use...
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New Book on Martin Luther’s Political Writings – WARNING: Mythbusting In Progress!   Featured on Lutherans.com: 01/02/2013
The canon of western political theory has long misrepresented Luther's political thought, mistaking it as a forerunner of the 'freedom of...
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And You Thought YOUR Confirmation Classes were Tough...   Featured on Lutherans.com: 06/07/2012
I've taken it upon myself to upload an image and short story of a commemoration from the Lutheran and any other Christian Calendar that interests me...
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Loving your Pastor   Featured on Lutherans.com: 06/06/2012
Today I wanted to pull together two posts from two different sources.  First, president of the LCMS does what he does best, lay out the theology
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Why Doctrinal Churches Seem So Judgmental   Featured on Lutherans.com: 06/06/2012
Churches that maintain traditional stances on various and sundry doctrinal and moral issues are increasingly looked upon as judgmental, not only by the...
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Steadfast Guest — Homeschooling by Holly Scheer   Featured on Lutherans.com: 06/05/2012
This article comes from Holly Scheer, the wife of Pastor Scheer, who has the task of teaching their children at home. It’s hard to completely pin...
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Arousing ourselves to death...   Featured on Lutherans.com: 06/05/2012
Of all places, CNN reported on the consequences of spending so much time playing video games and watching porn on the internet -- the specific...
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“Styles” of Ministry   Featured on Lutherans.com: 06/04/2012
And I, when I came to you, brothers, did not come proclaiming to you the testimony of God with lofty speech or wisdom. For I decided to know...
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Through Burnout and Back: Getting Preached At   Featured on Lutherans.com: 06/04/2012
I have found during this episode of dealing with burnout I suffer from peaks and valleys.  I never know when one of those peaks will occur or...
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Andy Root on Cancer & Theology   Featured on Lutherans.com: 04/30/2012
...But that relief was contaminated by another feeling: dread. I knew that if Jake could get it, then this demon was certainly real, and no made-up boogie man...
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To be or not to be: Relevant   Featured on Lutherans.com: 04/27/2012
Born 18 years after Martin Luther's demise, little Billy grew in the bloodbath of Europe's Protestant Reformation...
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Dealing with the Lapsed...   Featured on Lutherans.com: 04/19/2012
I watched a video as Fr. Barron commented on the problem of lapsed Roman Catholics.  He suggested that the second largest Christian church in the...
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Can confessionalism be revived?   Featured on Lutherans.com: 04/19/2012
Here is a great interview with Ross Douthat of the New York Times exploring the themes of his new book "Bad Religion: How We Became a Nation of Heretics...
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Christians and the Size of Government   Featured on Lutherans.com: 04/18/2012
Be sure to check out an article by Dr. Michael Horton criticizing those on both the political left and right for "scripture-twisting" on the campaign trail...
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Do We Pay Pastors Too Much? Understanding The Costs Of Pastoral Education (Part 1 of 2)   Featured on Lutherans.com: 04/17/2012
So, let's talk about pastoral salaries.  Are they too high?  In the case of some prosperity teachers and mega-church pastors, that may be th
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An Interesting Exercise   Featured on Lutherans.com: 04/17/2012
I broke my silence on a Lutheran message board I used to frequent often.  Frankly, I did so because I became tired of a refrain which seemed to...
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Will Kneeling on Jesus' Face Get My Prayers Answered?   Featured on Lutherans.com: 04/17/2012
My colleague, Mark Sengele, brought this prayer tool to my attention. A member of his family received it in the mail. Apparently, these are being sent...
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Harold Camping admits he was wrong   Featured on Lutherans.com: 03/08/2012
After numerous failed predictions, Camping will predict doomsday no more. It only took 90 years...
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May God protect us from the church of pure saints   Featured on Lutherans.com: 03/08/2012
"May the merciful God protect me against the Christian Church which contains nothing but pure saints. I want to be and remain in the church and among...
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The welcome sound of the "Amen"   Featured on Lutherans.com: 03/06/2012
There is perhaps nothing that I enjoy more about the distribution of the Sacrament of the Altar than the sound of the "Amens" that some of the folk...
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Quality or Quantity?   Featured on Lutherans.com: 03/06/2012
What is more important to you – quality or quantity? I know most of us would respond that ‘it depends’. So, what about the Bible...
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Thanks for Pastors and Teachers   Featured on Lutherans.com: 03/05/2012
As we continue the celebration of Lutheran Schools Week, I am intrigued by another word of encouragement from Luther: A pastor and schoolteacher plant...
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Book Review: The future of Lutheran education   Featured on Lutherans.com: 03/05/2012
Lutheran Education: From Wittenberg to the Future by Thomas Korcok, Published by Concordia Publishing House...
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Do Pastors Have Friends?   Featured on Lutherans.com: 03/02/2012
Can pastors be friends with members of their congregation? Good question! I do believe that a pastor can be friends with members of their congregatio
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The Unworthy Communicant and the Unrelenting Priest   Featured on Lutherans.com: 03/02/2012
Lord knows the circumstances were terrible.  A funeral with a deeply grieving woman burying her mother.  In the midst of it all this...
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Pray the Mass the Way of the Church or Else. . .   Featured on Lutherans.com: 03/01/2012
A Roman Catholic priest was fired because he "simply would not and could not pray the prayers of the Mass" under a new translation that went into effect last year...
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Faith: irrational leap?   Featured on Lutherans.com: 03/01/2012
Whether willful or not, Krauss entirely misunderstands the nature of faith, at least Christian faith...
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And now calls for “After-Birth Abortions”   Featured on Lutherans.com: 03/01/2012
Since we can abort fetuses, we should also be able to “abort” new-born infants. So says an article in one of the most influential journals in medical ethics...
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let's talk about it   Featured on Lutherans.com: 02/29/2012
My daughter is five and earlier in the year I had the honor of briefly explaining sexual intercourse to her.  She's known the proper names of pri
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How Digital Ministry Builds Traditional Churches, An Interview   Featured on Lutherans.com: 02/29/2012
In this 50-minute wide-ranging interview I talk with The Rev. Chris Yaw from ChurchNext.tv about church websites, social media, digital ministry, welcoming newcomers and reaching out beyond our congregations...
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Canada’s homeschoolers can’t teach against homosexuality   Featured on Lutherans.com: 02/29/2012
O, Canada!Under Alberta’s new Education Act, homeschoolers and faith-based schools will not be permitted to teach that homosexual acts are sinful...
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Chrislam?   Featured on Lutherans.com: 02/29/2012
Rick Warren, megachurch pastor and author of the Purpose Driven Life, is working to reconcile evangelicals and Muslims..
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Removing Death’s Helmet – Darth Vader and Andrew Root   Featured on Lutherans.com: 02/29/2012
From Andrew Root –“I think it is true. I think death does wear a helmet. We too often think of death as only the end, as only the last...
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Beer Fast   Featured on Lutherans.com: 02/29/2012
Several days ago, one of my friends on Facebook linked this article about a guy who sought out to try an ancient tradition practiced by some Bavarian...
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Insult Me Again Luther! Very Funny   Featured on Lutherans.com: 02/27/2012
CLICK HERE For The Lutheran Insulter. Now, this is some good wholesome Lutheran Fun!... 
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On the Koran burning riots   Featured on Lutherans.com: 02/27/2012
More details on the Koran burnings in Afghanistan from Andrew C. McCarthy, in the context of President Obama’s apology: The facts are that the Koran...
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On Being “The Voice of Satan”   Featured on Lutherans.com: 02/27/2012
Me, during the "Voice of Satan" monologue. No, I wasn't colored red, nor did I don pointed ears. No pitchfork, but a Bible...
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Richard Dawkins Leaves Door Open for God’s Existence   Featured on Lutherans.com: 02/27/2012
World’s most famous atheist now wants to be known as an agnostic...
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Two Views of the Christian Right   Featured on Lutherans.com: 02/27/2012
This morning, as I was catching up on my RSS feeds, I came across two opposing views of the Christian Right. The first comes from fellow misbehaver,...
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Riding Elephants   Featured on Lutherans.com: 02/24/2012
What will the future of the church look like? Here is what I see. A reality that needs to be named, the elephant in the room that many care not to...
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Law forcing sales of abortion pill struck down   Featured on Lutherans.com: 02/24/2012
Yes, Christians have often criticized the courts.  But as anti-religion laws proliferate, the courts may be a wall of defense.  The same judge...
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When abnormal becomes the norm....   Featured on Lutherans.com: 02/23/2012
It used to be called illegitimacy. Now it is the new normal. After steadily rising for five decades, the share of children born to unmarried women has...
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Amazing Digital Archive of Lucas Cranach Paintings   Featured on Lutherans.com: 02/23/2012
I just discovered a truly amazing digital archive of the paintings of Lucas Cranach. The collection is extensive and the digitized images are all in...
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Inclusive Language Excludes God   Featured on Lutherans.com: 02/23/2012
Inclusive language is most dangerous when it seems either a balance of male/female terms for God or it seeks to remove God from any terminology which might be considered gender specific...
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Should The Bible Be "Rated R?"   Featured on Lutherans.com: 02/23/2012
Ok. So, let’s get real about the Bible. A lot of folks have a mistaken and inadequate understanding of what the Bible is like...
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Remembering Our Dustiness, Proclaiming Christ’s Cross   Featured on Lutherans.com: 02/22/2012
“Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return.”With these words the season of Lent is upon us.  The time of self-examination...
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Glorious Lutheran Alphabet Soup (Just Like Mom Used to Make)   Featured on Lutherans.com: 02/22/2012
My question concerns the NALC and Lutheran CORE which have recently been formed as the result of the ELCA’s decision to begin ordaining homosexual...
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Pistol Packin' Preachers   Featured on Lutherans.com: 02/21/2012
OK House Considers Bill Allowing Pastors To Use Guns In Church OKLAHOMA CITY - The state house is considering a bill to allow pastors in their church...
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Visiting with C.S. Lewis   Featured on Lutherans.com: 02/21/2012
A couple of years ago, I was introduced to a whole new avenue of Christian thought--one I had not been exposed to in college or seminary...
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